A quiet rocky cove with calm turquoise water, shot on film

Zsófi reads

Mood reads and hot takes

shot on film, read on kindle

little scribbles about the books i love (and the few i DNF so you don't have to)

Zsófi reading in bed with her cat on her shoulder

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Hi, I'm Zsófi

Originally from Hungary, currently in the Netherlands, just me and my hobbies and (sometimes) big girl job. Avid reader, romance loyalist, classics defender, nonfiction abstainer.

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Latest · Essay

The summer I started DNF-ing books

Finished nine books, abandoned five, forced my way through (almost) two, and what quitting taught me about taste.

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Essay

You're not a reader — so what?

On permission, genre, and leaving the book at home.

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Reading now

The Song of Salt and Shadow

Seren Rose

A Case of Possession

K.J. Charles · A Charm of Magpies #2

War and Peace

Leo Tolstoy

Lately

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took a LOT of scenic fall walks these past two months, not that there's any proof of that here, since my film rolls are still held hostage (being developed...) so for now here's some digital proof ;)

the essentials ✨ if i'm going on a walk, you will always find these two in my tote bag: a paperback and my point and shoot :)

if i'm at the beach you can trust there's a sandy classic somewhere in my tote bag